2/25/07

Israel Baseball League IBL Updates


New York Times
Baseball: A whole new ballgame as Israel starts league
International Herald Tribune, France -
In June he will manage the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League. Blomberg, Art Shamsky and Ken Holtzman, ...
On Baseball A Whole New Ballgame for Blomberg New York Times
Israel Baseball League picks up momentum Jerusalem Post

Deadspin
Cantor will live two dreams playing baseball in Israel
The Journal News.com, NY -
He will take his two-seam fastball to Israel for three months this summer, although he won't find out which of the six teams in the Israel Baseball League ...
Isreal Has Professional Baseball, And I Already Have A Favorite Player Deadspin
Baseball Player Offered Chance to Play in Israel
Oberlin Review, OH -
This June, Israel will throw the first pitch of its new professional baseball league and one team wants a Yeoman to be there when it happens. ...
AROUND THE HORN
Newsday, NY -
Former major leaguers Ken Holtzman, Ron Blomberg and Art Shamsky have been hired as managers for the first season of the Israel Baseball League. ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd be surprised if baseball can generate a strong following in Israel similar to the ingrained nature of the sport in Latin American countries (it is not the most popular sport here in America... Football and basketball are #s 1 and 2). I think that Israeli culture is too aggressive for the passive game of baseball.

Tzvee Zahavy said...

maybe it will teach them to slow down and be more sportsmanlike